What is a professional summary on a CV?

Your professional summary, sometimes also called a profile, on a CV is a short description at the top of your CV that summarizes your key qualifications, outlines your experience, and highlights your main skills. It helps employers and recruiters quickly decide if you could be a good fit for the job before they read your entire submission.

Your professional summary can either be written as a paragraph or as a bulleted list.  It should be short and tailored to the role you are applying for.

CV summaries should make you sound amazing and encourage the ready to want to read more. They need to be well written, and must not contain any spelling mistakes or grammatical errors.

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